About The Blog
Hello, my name is Kayla McLemore and I am the creator of One Girl And The World. It is the beginning of 2019, and so far I have 5 destinations I will be visiting this year. These places will be Miami, London, Italy, France, and Panama City Beach. I thought that creating a blog would be a fun way to keep family and friends up to date on things that I am seeing and doing while visiting these places, as well as, what I am doing up until I leave. I hope that you all enjoy and subscribe so you will always know when new info will be added!
The Juicy Gossip
How did all of this even happen?
I was in school this semester for 5 weeks. While I was there, I was dealing with a lot mentally and emotionally. I didn't want to give up, so I tried.... hence why I was there for 5 weeks, everyday I was trying to get through the day. I ended up having a breaking point and I couldn't do it any longer. I knew I needed to leave because while I was there I hated life and everything that came with it. I already deal with anxiety and depression on a daily basis. I take medicine for it, but while I was going through all of this, I stopped taking my medication and was off of it for months which made things worse. I left some great friends behind at school.. I hope they know that I love them very much and am very thankful for them, but sometimes what you need is more than anyone can give you. I left school, I know a lot of people had plenty to say, but honestly I don't care. I was finally doing something I wanted, something to make myself happy. I do plan on going back to school, just whenever I feel ready. When I got home, I was still feeling down and was still in a dark place. I ended up getting out of it and I am very happy now. I knew that I would be working while I was home so I thought I should plan something for myself. I have a passport I have never used and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use it. There were so many places I wanted to visit, Puerto Rico (2 of my great friends are from there so I will be visiting there soon haha), Cancun, Spain, and so on.... however I picked 3, London, Rome, and Paris. I knew that I needed a place to stay and obviously plane tickets, unless I felt like walking for days and days to make it to the next country. So I got on Airbnb to look for places to stay, I got on my StudentUniverse App to look at tickets. Every week I got paid $300 for babysitting and I put the money I made to use right away because I knew if I didn't, I would spend it. I did that every week and got everything paid for (except my plane ticket home because honestly I may not come back.... lol jk my momma would be heart broken.. I will buy that soon though) and I felt so accomplished. I decided that I could go on a trip, alone, to get to know me.. I feel like as I have grown, I have lost myself, who I really am, due to relationships, romantic and not. I was looking in the mirror at someone I don't even really know.. But I knew that traveling was something I had always wanted to do and I was ready to put my strength to use. I am not scared to be traveling alone. I am actually proud... proud of having the courage to do something most others wouldn't. After planning my Europe trip, I was asked if I wanted to go to Miami and I was like yes! I wanted 2019 to be a great year for myself, and I will do anything to make sure that happens. I never do anything for myself, so this is very special and important to me. I hope that whoever is reading this knows that it's okay to not do what everyone else wants you to do. It's okay to put yourself before others. It's okay to be unsure of what you want out of life. It's okay to put things on hold. You only have one life, you are only this young once... put it to good use and don't wait until you're too old and have too many responsibilities and look back and regret not taking chances and risks. I hope that you all subscribe and stay tuned.. I know my traveling doesn't start for another 5 months, but it'll be here before we know it.. happy 2019, may peace, strength, and positivity surround you.